Non-refillable bottle.



No. 656,259. I Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

.12. B. DVERBAUGH'. I NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

(Application filed Jan. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

/N VENTCH W/TNESSES CHARLES E. OVERBAUGH, OF NEW YORK, N; Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 656,259, dated August21, 1900. Application filed January 9, 1899. Serial No. 701,578. (Nomodel.)

To otZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. OVERBAUGH,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in. thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following isa specification. p

The invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles; and itconsists'in the.

novel features and combinations hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims. I

The object of the invention is to produce a bottle which when onceemptied cannot be refilled and which while containing the means forpreventing refilling will permit of a proper flow of the liquidtherefrom.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed descriptionhereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a bottle constructedin accordance with and embodying the invention, the body portion of thebottle being broken away. ,Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the dottedline 2 2 of Fig. 1, the bottle-neck being omittedj Fig. 3 is a likesection on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1, the bottle-neck being omitted.Fig.

4 is a top view ofthe means provided within the neck of the bottle forpreventing refilling, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the upperportion of the same.

In the drawingspA designates a portion of a bottle whose neck B is ofusual construction,

with the exception that it is at a suitable point provided with theannular angular groove 0, which groove, as hereinafter described, isintended to cooperate with cement in securing within the neck B themeans, hereinafter described, of preventing the re filling of thebottle. I

The means for preventing the refilling of the bottle consists of a plugcomprising the three parts lettered D,-E, and F, respectively, saidparts when brought together forming an interior chamber containing theball-valve G and smaller balls H I.

The part]) may at its upper edges be ground to fit the bottle-neck andis formed with the annular groove J, the vertical grooves K L,

. the horizontal apertures M, leading from the interior chamber outwardto said annular groove J, and the downwardlyextending Walls N, whoseinner surfaces are formed with the vertical grooves O and whose outersurfaces are formed with the annular shoulder P and annular shoulder Q.The upper portionof the part D at opposite sides of the annular groove Jhas along its circumference the annular shoulders R S, which may beground to fit the neck of the bottle, and below the shoulder S is therecess T, which may receive the split cork ring V and leads to theannular shoulder P and the annular groove 0, formed in the bottle-neck,said groove 0 being intended to. receive the cement W, by which the plugmay be locked within the bottle-neck. The vertical groove L extendsdownward through the annular shoulders R S in order that by means of asyringe the cement W in a state of fluidity may be introduced to thegroove C above the annular shoulder P. The cork ring V is split belowthe groove L in order that the cement may fill up to a point about on alevel with the lower edge of the groove J. The cement W when introduceddownward through the groove L will fill the annular groove 0 in thebottle-neck, and when said cement has become set or hardened it willform a wedgelike substance which will securely hold the plug within thebottle-neck and prevent its removal. The vertical grooves K will onlyextend downward through the upper shoulderR in order that theliquidcontents of the bottle may at the proper time escape through thehorizontal apertures M into the annular groove J and thence through thevertical grooves K.

The lower portion E of the plug is hollow and is formed with the centralopening X, surroundedby the inclined walls a, which form a valve-seatfor the ball-valve G. The walls a of the lower part E incline upward andoutward and merge into the lower edges of the walls N of the upper partD, and the sides of the lower part E pass upward upon the exteriorsurfaces of the lower portions of said walls'N until the upper edges ofthe lower part E meet the annular shoulder Q, formed on the said wallsN, as shown in Fig. 1. The part E may be permanently secured to the partD by cement or otherwise, and said part E is preferably formed with theannular shoulder 1), between which and the shoulder P of the upper partD maybe applied a cork band d to snugly fit the bottle-neck and preventthe liquid contents of the bottle from passing upward around the part E.

As above described, the inner surfaces of the upwardly-extending walls Nof the upper part D are formed with the vertical grooves O, and thesegrooves 0 will preferably continue to a limited extent along the innersurfaces of the part E (denoted at 6) above the valve-seat a. Thegrooves e and O are continuous and extend from the valve-seat a to theupper interior portion of the upper part D, and they constitute theoutlet for the liquid contents of the bottle. The grooves e and 0 willbe made as large as possible, so as to increase the area of the outletfrom the bottle to the greatest possible extent.

Within the chamber formed within the upper part D is the part F, abovereferred to, which part F is in the shape of a thimble and forms acentral interior chamber f, which is entirely closed except at its lowerend. The lower end of the part F terminates at a suitable elevationabove the ball G and forms an annular shoulder g, which is utilized toaid in preventing the refilling of the bottle, as hereinafter described.The sides of the part F at their inner surfaces are inclined downwardand outward, as shown, and the exterior surfaces of said part F areformed with grooves h, which register with the aforesaid grooves O, andthus increase the capacity for the outflow from the bottle. The positionof the grooves h with respect to the grooves O is illustrated in Fig. 2.The part F may be cemented to the part D or otherwise secured, as may bepreferred.

IVithin the interior of the plug is the ballvalve G and the cooperatingballs H I, the ball G being of light material, so as to be capable offloating, and the balls H I being of heavier material, so as to aid inretaining the ball G against its seat a. The ball G will preferably beof greater diameter than the balls H I in order that the opening X maybe as large as possible, and thus facilitate the outflow of the liquidfrom the bottle. The relative proportions of the ball G with the balls HI are substantiallyillustrated in Fig. 1, in which it will be observedthat when the ball G is upon its seat a the ball H will engage the lowerend or shoulder g of the part F and operate as a lock to retain the ballG against the seat (1, except when the bottle has been turned to suchinclination beyond a horizontal position that the ball H may leave theshoulder g and pass into the chamber f. The shoulder g is annular inoutline, and it is intended that the ball II may pass around the apex ofthe ball G and partly under the shoulder g in accordance with which sideof the bottle may be turned downward, the ball H always remaining incontact with the shoulder 9 and locking the ball G against its seat a,except when the bottle has been turned to such inclination as willpermit the said ball II to pass entirely from contact with the shoulderg and enter the chamber f. The exact inclination of the bottle at whichit may be desired to have the contents of the bottle leave the lattermay be regulated to'a considerable extent by the size of the ball H andthe distance between the ball G and shoulder g, since the extent towhich the ball H passes beneath the shoulder Q will regulate theinclination necessary to give the bottle in order to cause said ball toleave said shoulder and pass into the chamber f. The ball I never passesbelow the shoulder g, but remains within the chamber f and pressesagainst the ball H to aid in retaining the latter in its lockingposition, except when it is positively desired that the ball H shallleave said shoulder g. When the balls G H I are in the position in whichthey are illustrated in Fig. 1, the openingX in the lower part E will beeffectually closed and nothing can be poured into or from the bottle.Vhen the bottle is turned to a suitable inclination, the ball I willpass into the chamber f and the ball H will thereafter follow the sameinto the chamber f, and thereupon the liquid contents of the bottleduring their escape will move the ball G from its seat a and maybepoured outward through the opening X, grooves O h, apertures M, annulargroove J, and vertical grooves K K. As many of the grooves K K asdesired maybe employed, so as to secure as much capacity for the outflowof the liquid as possible.

The ball G forms a float-valve in order that the liquid contents of thebottle may move the same at the proper time from the seat a and in orderthat any attempt to force liquid into the bottle, as in refilling, willresult in said ball G again finding its seat a and closing the inlet tothe bottle. The upper portion of the part F is closed, and thus theinterior chamber f is closed at its upper end, and this is advantageousin that upon the application of any exhaust mechanism to the bottle-neckthe suction would tend to draw the balls H I'downward from the chamberf, and the result of this would be that said balls H I would force theball G to its seat a.

Above the plug which prevents the refilling will be applied a usual corkstopper,as shown.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The bottle, and the plug for preventing refilling, said plugcomprising the parts D, E, F, the upper part D having the horizontalannular groove J, the vertical grooves K leading therefrom,thehorizontal passages M leading outwardly into said groove J, and thedownwardly-extending walls N forming a central chamber and having thegrooves O, and the said part E fitting upon the lower portion of saidwalls N and having the opening X and valve-seat a, and the said part Fbeing in the form of a thimble with solid walls fitting within saidcentral chamber and surrounded by said grooves 0, while the lower edgeof said thimble is above the lower ends of said grooves O and above saidvalve-seat a and forms the shoulder g, combined with the ball G adaptedto said seat, and the ball H adapted to engage said ball G and saidshoulder; substantially as set forth. I

2. The bottle, and the plug for preventing refilling, said plugcomprising the parts D,

E, F, the upper part D having the horizontal annulargroove J, thevertical grooves K leadin g therefrom,the horizontal passages M leadingoutwardly into said groove J, and the downwardly-extending Walls Nforming a central chamber and having the grooves O, and the said part Efitting upon the lower portion of said walls N and having the opening Xand valve-seat a, and the said part F being in the form of a thimblewith solid walls fitting within said central chamber and surrounded bysaid grooves O,while the lower edge of said thimble'is above the lowerends of said grooves O and above said valve-seat a, and forms theshoulder g, combined with the ball G adapted to said seat, the ball Hadapted to engage said ball G and said shoulder, and the ball I confinedwithin said part F by said ball H and exerting its downward force uponsaid ball H; substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 6th day of January, A. D. 1899.

CHARLES BfovERBAUeH.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. GILL, E. J os. BELKNAP.

